Job Description

Drug Development, Project Lead – Dublin Pharma

This newly created permanent based role is an extraordinary exciting opportunity for a technically strong, bright, ambitious drug development scientist. Our client is a young, exciting, fast-growing Dublin based pharma company. With a management team who possesses a long history of outstanding business success, this organisation is poised for rapid growth and expansion across its global markets.

Job Spec

The successful candidate will lead development projects at external vendors with a focus on formulation and process development to ensure successful completion of the project deliverables. As our client is a young dynamic company, the candidate will be expected to compile timelines, manage project budgets, complete prior knowledge reports, help with regulatory filings and patents etc. Working for our young client will give the successful candidate a wide range of hands on experience in CMC, regulatory, IP and clinical that they are unlikely to obtain at a large pharmaceutical company.

Essential Functions

Manage assigned projects and teams in coordination with the Director of Drug development.

Manage formulation & process development, scale up and testing of pharmaceutical dosage forms at third party manufacturers.

Support the drafting of regulatory CMC documentation such as pharmaceutical development reports.

Ensure accurate tracking and reporting of project deliverables and milestones

Create and maintain consistent project documentation

Drive action item follow-up

Person Spec

The preferred candidate will have a strong relevant academic profile along with two years proven track record in project management within drug development and/or a background in formulation & process development.
Alternately they will be qualified to Ph.D level ( ideally in pharmaceutics) and will possess strong insight into drug formulation and development.

About

The RFT Group, are an Irish recruitment agency specialising exclusively in the recruitment of scientists, engineers and executives for the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and medical device sectors across Ireland, Europe and Rest of World.